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Princess Louise (II)


Builders: Richie, Graham & Milne, Whiteinch 1898

Propulsion type: Single screw, compound

Owners: Alexander Paterson, David MacBrayne Ltd, Crete Shipping Co Ltd.

Service dates: 1898 - 1941

Tonnage: Gross 106

Comments:

This small single screw steamer was built for service out of Oban on local excursion trips. She was well proportioned and was popular with her passengers. She continued with this service until taken over in 1934 by MacBraynes, who initially operated her from Oban to Tobermory, transferring her to Inverness in 1935. Here she sailed to Loch Ness and Fort Augustus before going back to Oban to act as a livestock carrier. She was sold in 1939 to Crete Shipping Co Ltd and renamed Bluestone. After a period being laid up in Ardrossan she was destroyed in May 1941 when she was bombed whilst in dry dock at Greenock.


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